HP Server UEFI /Legacy
ROM 

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an industry standard that provides better
manageability and more secured configuration while interacting with your server at boot time. HP
ProLiant Gen9 platform defaults to UEFI and can be factory or field configured for Legacy BIOS
Boot Mode.

NOTE:

 The UEFI System Utilities function is analogous to the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility

(RBSU) of legacy BIOS. For more information, please visit

http://www.hp.com/go/proliantuefi/docs

.

UEFI enables numerous new capabilities specific to HP ProLiant servers such as:

Secure Boot
Operating system specific functionality
Support for > 2.2 TB (using GPT) boot drives
USB 3.0 Stack
Embedded UEFI Shell
Mass Configuration Deployment Tool using HP RESTful API
PXE boot support for IPv6 networks
Boot support for option cards that only support a UEFI option ROM

For more information please visit 

http://www.hp.com/go/proliant/uefi

NOTE:

 For UEFI Boot Mode, boot environment and OS image installations should be configured

properly to support UEFI.

NOTE:

 HP UEFI FIO Setting (758959-B22 ) can be selected to configure the system in Legacy

mode in the factory.

Operating Systems and
Virtualization Software
Support for ProLiant
Servers

Microsoft Windows Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
VMware

NOTE:

 For more information on HP's Certified and Supported ProLiant Servers for OS and

Virtualization Software and latest listing of software drivers available for your server, please visit
our Support Matrix at: 

http://www.hp.com/go/ossupport

 and our driver download page

http://www.hp.com/support/DL580Gen9

Embedded ManagementHP Integrated Lights-

Out (HP iLO)

Monitor your servers for ongoing management, service alerting,
reporting and remote management with iLO. Learn more at

http://www.hp.com/go/ilo

UEFI

Configure and boot your servers securely with industry standard Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). Learn more at

http://www.hp.com/go/ProLiant/uefi

.

HP RESTful API

RESTful API is an application programming interface. RESTful Web
Service API served by iLO’s web server. Learn more
at 

http://www.hp.com/go/restfulapi

Intelligent
Provisioning

Provision servers by discovering and deploying 1 to few servers with
Intelligent Provisioning. Learn more at

http://www.hp.com/go/intelligentprovisioning

Embedded Remote
Support

HP’s embedded remote support, used with Insight Online direct connect
or HP Insight Remote Support, allows HP ProLiant servers to transmit
hardware events directly to HP or an HP Authorized Partner for
automated phone home support. Learn more at

http://www.hp.com/go/insightonline/info

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant DL580 Gen9 Server

Standard Features

DA - 15187   Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 2 — 8.17.2015

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